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Top New Releases and Recommended Books
I've had the privilege of participating on some launch teams recently and reading some amazing books by women who love the Lord. Whether you need words to bolster your faith, bolster mental health, or engage compassion and imagination, these nonfiction books...
Thirsting for More
"If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says." (John 7:38 MSG) The demands, doubts, and disturbances continued to punctuate my day and...
The Perfect Christian Mother?
A friend recently told me I was trying too hard to be the perfect Christian mother. We REALLY need to get to know each other on a deeper level. She would never have made such a misguided comment if she had witnessed some of my more recent failings and faux pas. ...
4 Steps to Relying on God-A Practical Parenting Series
Lystra, a small boomtown perched alongside a bustling Grecian highway, was known for its wild living and wilder religious practices. It was also the boyhood home of Timothy, an early church leader. What do we know of Timothy's childhood years? We know his father...
4 Steps to Relying on God-A Practical Parenting Series
She grew up in a small town on the wrong side of the tracks, got pregnant before she was married, faced the possibility of a divorce, and endured the disdain of all who knew her—and later, all who knew her son. Yes-I'm referring to Mary, the mother of Jesus. During...
4 Steps to Relying on God-A Practical Parenting Series
"Suppose your mother baked a pie and there were six of you -- your mother, your father and four children. What percentage of the pie would you get?" a teacher asked her students. "One-fifth," said one boy. The teacher responded, "I'm afraid you don't know your...
The Perspective from My Knees
One mid-September evening is etched indelibly in my mind. My two preschool aged sons and I were hunched under the stairs in a closet made to accommodate nothing more than a vacuum cleaner and a few jackets. Trying to forget the swaying of the house, Ben, Connor and...
